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The artist clarifies the Rover snake in NASA’s ice hunting exploring the moon. | Credit: NASA/Daniel Rart
It seems that a Rover snake in NASA will not go to the moon as part of the private sector partnership, as the space agency has sought.
Flamed materials investigation into the polar explorer (snakeHe had a rocky and unconfirmed year. NASA announced its cancellation last summer due to the budget fears, then it opened a Seam request For private sector partnerships in an attempt to make the snake to the moon without any additional cost of the government. Wednesday (May 7), NASA announced Cancel this research, and thank the companies that submitted the proposals.
“We appreciate the efforts of those who have suggested to announce the partnership partnership that fled the partnership proposals,” Nikki Fox, Nike Fox, assistant director of Nikki Fox. “We look forward to achieving future volatile sciences with VIPER as NASA’s satellite continues for Mars’s exploration efforts.”
VIPER is designed to search for water ice sediments near the southern pole of the moon – an interest in NASA, because it plans to create a permanent presence there as part of Artemis program. VIPER is designed to help evaluate life -supporting resources before those future facilities.
Originally, Viper was scheduled to land on the surface of the moon on the Astrobotic’s Griffin Lander from the Pittsburgh -based, as part of the NASPs lunar load services initiative. Griffin is expected to be launched on the moon later this year, however You will now carry the heart of Astrolab Moon Rover instead.
Last July, NASA said that the cancellation of VIPER will save the space agency about $ 84 million in development costs, in addition to its initial estimate of $ 250 million and more than $ 250 million at costs. Now, with NASA you are no longer looking for VIPER partnerships in the private sector, it is not clear how Rover will reach the moon.
Technicians collect Viper Moon Rover from NASA in a clean room. | Credit: NASA/Helen Aris Vargas
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The recently released Trump administration suggests a “slim budget” Reducing NASA by 24 %. More than half of this pieces will come from the Science Mission Directorate, and draws an unclear future not only for VIPER but also a large number of other tasks as well.
Meanwhile, Viper is fully assembled and ready to start, except for his need for a march to lift it on the moon and a missile to launch it in space. “The agency will announce a new Viper strategy in the future,” NASA said in a statement on Wednesday.
